Texans urge NASA to take retired shuttle away from New York

[n2doc]

Houston to New York: Displaying a retired space shuttle near a strip joint is no way to treat a precious space artifact.

New York, which was awarded one of four shuttles by NASA in a national competition, is looking at revising its plans for displaying the Enterprise orbiter. And Texas lawmakers, still angry that Houston lost out to the Big Apple, are pushing NASA to reconsider.

Rep. Ted Poe (R-Texas) accused New York’s Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum of a "bait-and-switch'' in proposing to locate the shuttle "next to a bagel joint, a car wash and a strip club."

"The only place this shuttle should be heading to is Houston’s 'Space City, U.S.A.,' the historical place for all space exploration," he said on the House floor this week. Houston is home to Johnson Space Center, the control center for manned missions and astronaut training facilities.

Texans are seizing on a recent New York Times article that reported that the New York museum no longer plans to display the Enterprise on a berth on the Hudson River next to the Intrepid aircraft carrier. Instead the shuttle will be displayed in a parking lot on 12th Avenue. The lot is surrounded by a bagel shop, a car wash, warehouses and a strip club.

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http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/nationnow/2011/10/houston-works-to-take-away-space-shuttle-from-new-york-.html

[Indydem]

1. UGH. I hate it when I agree with stupid Texans. n/t

[MrDiaz]

8. There it is the

Texas stereotype of being stupid, lol your no better than the repukes.

[Indydem]

10. Rep. Ted Poe (R-Texas)

[TheWraith]

2. A parking lot?

Seriously... a parking lot? You're going to drop a space shuttle off in a parking lot and use that as your display area? :wtf:

[Ian David]

3. More hand-outs from the Federal government when it suits them.

Let them secede and build their own damn shuttle.

[sinkingfeeling]

4. Displaying it in Texas would be an improvement?

[n2doc]

7. If you are ever in Houston, visit Johnson Space Center

I guarantee you will love it if you are a fan of Space stuff. Amazing place.

[TexasTowelie]

5. It belongs in Houston.

The connection to the space program is much more prominent than that of New York.

[n2doc]

6. Agree. Johnson Space Center is a blast to visit n/t

[mitchtv]

9. tough

NY is a donor state. I don't know about TX.